Means of securing and supporting railway-rails.



nW. H. KQRKBRIDE. MEANSl DI SECURING AND SUPPORTING RAILWAY RAILS. v

APPLICATION FILED Nov.3o, 1910.

ljoog'y'ja Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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UNITED sTATEs 'PATENT Felon.'

WILLIAM KIRKBRIDE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

* MEANS F SECURING AND SUPPORTING RAILWAY-RAILS..

VAppu'cauon fusa November sojeio. serieu No. 594,838'.

way-Rails, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.-

This invention is intendedto take the placeof the ordinary wood ties,metal tie plates, vand spikeswhich are commonly employed to support andhold railway rails in proper relation, and to accomplish, in a moresatisfactorydegree and at less eX- pense, the results for which theseparts 'are used.v i 1 if? The invention in its entirety includes a metaltie having near its end upturned sides, woodcushioning blocks fittedbetween said upturned sides, rail supporting metal plates which restupon saidblocks and are each provided at its inner end with a down-turned flange which engages with the end of the associated wood block,-each plate having also a rail retaininfr member which overhangs theouter rail fbot, and a clamping plate which interlocks with thesupportingl plat-e and overhangs the other rail-foot,-all of said partsbeing held in working relation by a screw which passes through thisclamping block and through the metal `oate', and through the wood block,and which screws The various combinations of these parts andthe specificforms thereof, as set forth in the claims, constitute the inventioncovered by this patent. In the drawing, Figure l is a vert-ical sec- 40tion taken transversely of the two rails, and on one side goingcentrally through the tie and the parts thereby. supported. Fig. 2 is aplan View of two ties, and rails supported thereby, the rail on one sidehaving its ball broken away adjacent to one tie, and the rail beingentirely broken away at the other end of the tie, so as to show the railsupporting devices from which the clamping plate has been omitted. Fig.3 is a perspective view of the rail supporting plate and the clampingplate when extended lengthwise of the' rail so as to serve theadditional ppi-posefor'whichish plates are commonly used, namely, toconnect the meeting ends ofirails and prevent their dis- Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2k6, 1911.

'linement. This same'constru'ction at the right side of Fig. 1.

Referring tothe parts by letters, A represents a metallic tie which isprovided adjacent to each end with lvertical side flanges a.

B, B, represent cushioning wood blocks which rest upon the bot-tommember' of the is shown tie and fit more or less tightly betweentlie ltwo side flanges a.

C represents a rail supporting plate; and

one of these rests upon each wood block-.

Each plate C has a down-turned flange c along its inside edge, so thatwhen the plate rests upon the block B this down-turned edge engages withthe end of the block and acts to prevent. any outward movement of saidplate independentlyof the block. Near its outer edge each plate isformed with an 4 overhangngflange c', so formed that when the rail restsupon the plate C the outer rail foot d will pass under this overhangingflange and fit the space beneath the same;

and the end of said flange will preferably' engage with the rail web d.Near` its i11- ner edge the plate C has an undercut groove' c2. Erepresents a clamping plate 'having along vits outer edge a rib eadapted to enter said undercut. groove, and therebyto in-' terlock withsaid rail supporting'platel' This plate is so shaped that itwill'overhan'gj" the inner foot (l of the rail, and; 'when clamped down,bear upon this foot" d and also preferably bear against the rail web d2:F represents a holding screw which passes" down through a hole iiithe'clamping plate E and through a hole in the saidsupporting plate C,and through another hole in the` block B, andit screws into the lowerlmember of the tie, thereby securely fastening all the parts together,and securely holding the rail 1n the. position shown. It is evident thatthere can be no outward movement ofthe plate C and the railthereonindependent of the block B, and that there.A can be no movement of theblock B upon the tie,-the bolt F being quite sufficient in practice topre-'- vent this outward movement. The hole in the rail supporting plateCis so placed *hat the shank of the screw F in passing down throughsaid' hole will be very ciose to the edge of the rail foot, and the headf of Said screw while bearing on plate E will nev'ex';` theless overhangthe rail foot. This con--

